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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Blackpool Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
15,240 approved · 2,332 refused · 959 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Apr 2001 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
271 MIDGELAND ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 5JA
Received 27 Jul 20053 BANKS STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1RN
Received 26 Jul 200520 WATSON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1EG
Received 27 Jul 20056 DIGHAM AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0AQ
Received 27 Jul 200525 NAPIER AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1PA
Received 27 Jul 200516 HARTFORD AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6RP
Received 27 Jul 20057 PEDDERS LANE, BLACKPOOL, FY4 3HX
Received 28 Jul 2005WOOLWORTHS , BANK HEY STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 4RS
Received 28 Jul 2005212 WHITEGATE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 9JL
Received 28 Jul 200522 EPSOM ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 3HS
Received 29 Jul 20054 FERNLEIGH CLOSE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0HS
Received 29 Jul 2005115 ST LUKES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2EG
Received 1 Aug 2005219 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TS
Received 1 Aug 200514 EDWARD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1BA
Received 1 Aug 2005555 NEW SOUTH PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL
Received 1 Aug 2005342 QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9AB
Received 1 Aug 200537 ASHBURTON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2PE
Received 1 Aug 2005LAND OFF COOPERS WAY, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3RJ
Received 1 Aug 200526 FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1SF
Received 1 Aug 200527 WESTCLIFFE DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7BJ
Received 1 Aug 2005303-315 PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6AN
Received 1 Aug 2005LIDL , FLEETWOOD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1LY
Received 1 Aug 200550 CAUNCE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3DT
Received 2 Aug 2005163 WARBRECK HILL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 9UP
Received 2 Aug 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Blackpool Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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